As the US carries out massive military exercise in the Persian Gulf, the United Arab Emirates became the second Gulf state to declare it would not take part in any attack on Iran. Qatar—home to 6,500 US troops and the… Read moreGulf states break ranks with Bush on Iran attack
The Pentagon conducted a test March 28 of a new ultra-powerful 30,000-pound Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The MOP, carrying more than 5,300 pounds of explosives, delivers more than 10 times the explosive… Read morePentagon tests new bunker-buster —for Iran?
Yemeni forces shot down a foreign drone flying over the south of the Arab country, government officials said March 28, and local media reported that the aircraft was Iranian. “Yes, a drone was brought down,” a government official told Reuters…. Read moreIranian drone shot down in Yemen?
Terrifying reports are mounting of imminent US aggression against Iran, and we have been hearing for months ominous rumblings that Israel will actually strike first. Our March issue featured an interview with Bina Darabzand, a leader of Iran’s embattled left… Read moreUS aggression against Iran: one reader writes
The aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis entered the Persian Gulf March 27, where it will conduct a joint exercise with the Dwight D. Eisenhower, which has been in the Gulf since October. The air wings of the two carrier… Read moreIran attack set for next week?
Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee said March 26 that India intends to go ahead with a multi-billion-dollar gas pipeline from Iran via Pakistan despite objections from the US. “Talks on this pipeline are going on,” Mukherjee said in an interview with… Read moreIndia bucks US pressure on Iran pipeline deal
From the UK Press Association, March 23: Fifteen Royal Navy sailors have been seized by Iranian warships in Iraqi territorial waters, the Ministry of Defence said. Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett has summoned the Iranian ambassador in London to demand their… Read moreIran seizes 15 British sailors
A petition from the Organization of Women’s Liberation in Iran (OWLI): To: all progressive organizations and all freedom-loving people Your help is urgently needed to release 36 women activists in Tehran! 4th March 2007, a gathering of women activists in… Read moreIran: women activists attacked
A statement from the Organization of Women’s Liberation in Iran (OWLI): Azar Majedi in a round table discussion with BBC Radio Scotland: Military attack on Iran is a human and environmental tragedy in the region! On 25 February 2007, Azar… Read moreIran: civil opposition rejects US aggression
From the British Ahwazi Friendship Society, Feb. 14: An Ahwazi Arab teacher, Reisan Sawari, died while on hunger strike on Tuesday. Sawari had been held in solitary confinement for a year and was protesting against his conditions. He was a… Read moreIran: teacher dies on hunger strike
Eighteen people were killed when a bomb exploded next to a bus owned by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards in the southeast city of Zahedan, the official IRNA news agency reports. “In this act 18 Zahedan citizens have been martyred,” said Qassim… Read moreTerror strikes Iran: Baluchistan blowback?
Michael R. Gordon‘s Feb. 10 New York Times story, “Deadliest Bomb in Iraq Is Made by Iran, US Says,” backs up some administration claims: “The most lethal weapon directed against American troops in Iraq is an explosive-packed cylinder that United… Read moreIran link to Iraq insurgents: more NYT jive?
